.. .will make 
pine supply go further 
About a fourth of the timber cut in North 
Carolina either stays in the woods as log- 
ging residue or is burned as refuse at the 
plant. 
Each year, approximately half a million 
cords of pinewood in tops and cull sections 
are left in the woods, most of it after saw- 
log operations. Since much of this mate- 
rial is very rough and widely scattered, its 
complete utilization is not feasible. But 
using no more than 25 percent of the pine 
logging residue for pulpwood would mean 
making 125,000 cords of wood available 
to forest industries without drawing from 
the reservoir of growing timber. 
Annually, North Carolina sawmills ac- 
cumulate 630,000 cords of pine slabs and 
edgings. In 1956, about 10 percent of this 
material was chipped for pulping. As 
with logging residues left in the woods, it 
is not practical to utilize all the slabs and 
edgings that pile up at sawmills. Yet in- 
creasing the use of this material to one- 
third of the amount available would add 
210,000 cords to the wood supply. 
Greater use of logging and plant residues 
to meet current industrial needs would 
permit leaving 17 million cubic feet of 
young pine in the forest to grow. When 
mature, these trees would contribute 120 
million board-feet to the future timber 
supply. 
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